gEDA-user: Recent gEDA/gaf CVS changes

[Ales Hvezda <ahvezda@seul.org>]

Hi All,


	[ Please forgive the duplicate posting to dev and user ]

        I am back working on gEDA/gaf in my free time once again.
Bear with me once again as I catch up on all the e-mail (and spam)
I have gotten in the past weeks.

        I have been busy checking in stuff into CVS.  These changes
include all the fixes/bugs in the "unofficial" 20020414.

The most notable change is that I have upgraded to:

automake (GNU automake) 1.5
autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.53
(GNU libtool) 1.4.2

        and so you need these version to build the CVS version.  Now, 
I see some quirks with these tools and if people are really against
upgrading these tools (as you will no longer be able to autoconf other
older configure.in's etc...), I will checkin (temporarily) my configure
and Makefile.in files.  Let me know.

        I have had several users comment that they don't like the black
background in gschem.  Okay, I fixed a few bugs which prevented a few
things from looking right when you set a light background (ie non-black).
I have checked these bug fixes into CVS.  So, if you want a lighter
colored gschem try the following gschemrc keywords (you can stick them
at the end of any *gschemrc):

(background-color 0 "gray94" "null" "null" -1 -1 -1)
(pin-color 1 "black" "grey30" "0 0 0" 0 0 0)
(net-endpoint-color 2 "red" "red3" "1 0 0" 255 0 0)
(graphic-color 3 "black" "grey30" "0 0 0" 0 0 0)
(net-color 4 "blue" "blue3" "0 0 1" 0 0 255)
(attribute-color 5 "black" "grey30" "0 0 0" 0 0 0)
(logic-bubble-color 6 "black" "grey30" "0 0 0" 0 0 0)
(grid-color 7 "grey" "null" "null" -1 -1 -1)
(detached-attribute-color 8 "red" "red3" "1 0 0" 255 0 0)
(text-color 9 "grey50" "grey30" ".5 .5 .5" 127 127 127)
(bus-color 10 "green" "green3" "0 1 0" 0 255 0)
(select-color 11 "firebrick" "firebrick" "null" -1 -1 -1)
(boundingbox-color 12 "orange" "orange" "null" -1 -1 -1)
(zoom-box-color 13 "DarkCyan" "DarkCyan" "null" -1 -1 -1)
(stroke-color 14 "grey90" "null" "null" -1 -1 -1)
(lock-color 15 "grey40" "darkgrey" ".4 .4 .4" 102 102 102)
(output-color-background 16 "white" "null" "1 1 1" 255 255 255)

        You will need the current CVS version to fully appreciate the
effect.  If you are just curious what this looks like, I have created
a screenshot:

http://www.geda.seul.org/misc/gschem-grey.gif

        Any suggestions or improvement, please let me know.  I have a
whole slew of UI improvements planned (mostly from user comments 
received before my break and after).

                                                                -Ales